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Mental Health and Substance Misuse Treatment Is Increasingly a Video Chat or Phone Call Away - KFF Health News

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Almost half of California adults who visited a medical professional for mental health or substance use disorders in 2023 did so exclusively through teletherapy.

Experts in the field noted that teletherapies often require a skilled mental health practitioner trained to pick up subtle communication cues.

Teletherapy is increasingly offered through cellphone applications like BetterHelp and Talkspace .

The number of Californians visiting a medical professional for mental health issues rose by about 434,000 , or 10% , from 2019 to 2023 .

The data also shows that residents in rural areas, where access to telehealth should provide a boon, weren’t using it as much as residents of urban areas.

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